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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1919, Page 5

Kefcmng to Mr. Ryan's attempt to oust Mr. W. Hughes as leader 01 the Labor Party in Australia, a contemporan has adopted 'pro:tion slogan, and he is bound to enlist the sympathy of thou°ands of people who are making a deslerate fight for existence. Profiteering appears to be rampant in all parts of the British Empire. But it is not alone responsible for the high cost of living. The workers are largely responsible. They have adopted the insane policy of demanding increased wages for reduced production. This policy "is morally ana economically wrong, and until it is abandoned there can bo no hope for an improvement in the domestic conditions. The man who exploits the community by charging excessive prices for his goods is no worse ihan the man who exploits his fellows by charging more f« hu labor than It i>' MtuftUjr-worih.,"